Why did you choose a career in optometry?
I was a bit squeamish and didn’t fancy being a dentist or a doctor, because there’s too much blood involved!

Tell us about your professional career in practice.
My pre-reg was in Brixton and Peckham, and I also worked in the contact lens department at Moorfields. About two years after qualifying, I was offered a partnership in a group of nine practices, which meant I moved to Kent, where I also became a sessional hospital optometrist.

Here we developed a low vision service and a multidisciplinary paediatric low vision clinic to improve communication with schools, parents and social care workers. The hospital role provided the network to help develop community services in the local areas.